Fairtrade Action Network - an international network for volunteers in Fair Trade
In many countries where fair trade products are for sale, such as in the Scandinavian countries, Germany, France, The United States and Canada, there are fair trade volunteers.
Fairtrade Action Network is an international network for Fair Trade volunteers, initially founded by Pro Fair Trade Finland a few years ago. FANE connects volunteers in Fair Trade to act in global Fair Trade campaigns, and supports the exchange of information, knowledge,
campaign ideas and materials between the active Fair Trade volunteers.
Learn more and join us on our website at www.fairtradeaction.net. On the website, you can share your experiences of volunteering, send in your own photos or campaign materials for other volunteers to use, and find many kinds of tips for campains to promote fair trade.
Check out the Volunteer Action Guide!
If you want to join the FANE mailing list, please e-mail heta(at)repu.fi.
More background info about FANE:
FANE was started as an EU project, which was co-ordinated by Pro Fair Trade Finland in 2006-2009. Partners of the project were Fair Trade Finland and Eesti Roheline Liikumine in Estonia. The FANE network itself was established in 2007 at a weekend seminar in Helsinki
5th-7th October 2007, where more than 50 Fair Trade volunteers and activists from 12 countries participated. The participants in this first seminar decided to kick off the international co-operation by taking part in the International Fair Trade Day, May 10th 2008. Plans for that day included Fair Trade Breakfast Table campaigns, co-operation with schools, and much more. A follow-up seminar for FANE was organised 5th-8th June 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia.
Right now, the network continues functioning through volunteer action, and it is being coordinated by an international board with members from France, Belgium, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Greece, Italy and Finland. The board's mailing address is board(at)repu.fi and the Finnish representative on the board is Hazel Salminen (hazel(at)fairtradeaction.net).
International volunteer action in Finland
In Finland, the international connections are upheld by the "international team", which operates in English. Until autumn 2009, the team was independent, and now it is part of the Pro Fair Trade Finland (Repu) Helsinki region local team. This team works and communicates in both Finnish and English. For more information, please contact the Helsinki local group coordinator Kaj Loman (kaj.loman(at)gmail.com)
International links:
* The FLO Newsletter:
* The Fair Trade Advocacy Office in Brussels:
http://www.fairtrade-advocacy.org
* The United Students for Fair Traden mailing list (US):
http://www.usft.org/index.php?p=/Resources/MailingLists/
* The Fairtrade Foundation (UK):